Sarah W. Jaffe presents 'Wanting What's Best'

Mon Jul 18 2022 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

Third Place Books | Seattle

Third Place Books Lake Forest Park
Publisher/HostThird Place Books Lake Forest Park
Sarah W. Jaffe presents 'Wanting What's Best'
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What does it look like to fight for other people's children as if the future of your own child depended on it? What choices would you make?
About this Event

Third Place Books welcomes Sarah W. Jaffe to our Seward Park store! Jaffe will be discussing her parenting book Wanting What's Best: Parenting, Privilege and Building a Just World, a clear-eyed look at how the choices parents make in order to give their children what's best can continue to prop up privilege and disparity in childhood and beyond. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance.

Copies of Wanting What's Best will be available for purchase at the store. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book!

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About Wanting What's Best. . .

When privileged parents say that they “want what's best” for their child, they don't consciously add “and not for other children.”

Yet the practical effect of parents with privilege relentlessly pursuing their own child's interests is that other children are left behind. Author Sarah W. Jaffe interviewed dozens of parents who are resisting the cultural pressures to seek "the best" for only their kids while navigating some of the major decisions that parents make—about childcare, schools, how they use their time and money, and the legacy they hope to leave their kids. These may not feel like political decisions, but each either contributes to a system where only a few can thrive or takes a small step toward dismantling it.

Our children are watching and learning from how we make choices. How we treat the people who care for them tells them how they should behave as a boss. Where we send them to school teaches them about their place in the world. How we spend our time and money sends them more powerful messages about how to spend theirs than any lecture about the importance of giving back or gratitude ever could.

What does it look like to fight for other people's children as if the future of your own child depended on it? What choices would you make?

Sarah W. Jaffe is a graduate of Whitman College and Columbia Law School, and is currently an MFA student studying creative nonfiction at the New School. She has represented foster children family court proceedings while at the Children's Law Center and in federal court class actions at A Better Childhood, both nonprofit law firms. She currently consults on child welfare litigation and is a freelance writer. She has written pieces about parenting issues and working motherhood for Slate, Catapult, Bklyner, The Rumpus, and Lit Hub. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.


About Third Place Books

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Third Place Books, 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle, United States

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